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Headwaters Forest Reserve. The reserve was established in 1999 (H.R. 2107, Title V. Sec.501. [2]) The reserve was created after a 15-year effort to save the ancient ecosystem (with some trees estimated at over two thousand years old), from being clearcut.
The northern spotted owl primarily inhabits old-growth forests in the northern part of its range (Canada to southern Oregon) and landscapes with a mix of old and younger forest types in the southern part of its range (the Klamath region and California). Old-growth forests are often biologically diverse, and home to many rare species, threatened ...
The methods used to ensure a healthy future for the California oak woodlands include maintenance and restoration of old-growth forests, watershed management and improvement, protection of water quality, protection of wildlife species that have cultural and environmental value to the area, restoration of valley oaks, and the habitat maintenance ...
The National Forest also contains some 29,000 acres (12,000 ha) of old growth, with Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) forests, as well as mixed conifer forests (with Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), white fir (Abies concolor), and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) being the most abundant trees).
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest , containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world.
The Notice of Intent signals one of the administration's biggest steps forward in old-growth protection efforts since President Biden's 2022 Earth Day Executive Order, the Forest Service's ...
California is the only state with a groundwater law that includes provisions intended to protect groundwater-dependent ecosystems. But the law, adopted in 2014, gives considerable leeway to local ...
Loss could have grave consequences for California wildlife, including protected species such as spotted owls and Pacific fishers. Nearly a third of southern Sierra forests killed by drought and ...